perceptual

[ per-sep-choo-uhl ]
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or involving perception.

Origin of perceptual

1
1875–80; percept + -ual, on the model of concept, conceptual

Other words from perceptual

  • per·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb
  • in·ter·per·cep·tu·al, adjective
  • in·ter·per·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb
  • non·per·cep·tu·al, adjective
  • un·per·cep·tu·al, adjective
  • un·per·cep·tu·al·ly, adverb

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How to use perceptual in a sentence

  • The atoms again, tho we may never attain to human means of perceiving them, are still defined perceptually.

    The Meaning of Truth | William James
  • Their relations are perceptually obvious at a glance, and no sense-verification is necessary.

    Pragmatism | William James
  • The indispensableness to religion of the imagination is due to that faculty's power of realizing what is not perceptually present.

    The Approach to Philosophy | Ralph Barton Perry
  • The bee may be only perceptually intelligent; the man who observes its action may or may not be conceptually intelligent.

  • The atoms again, though we may never attain to human means of perceiving them, are still defined perceptually.

British Dictionary definitions for perceptual

perceptual

/ (pəˈsɛptjʊəl) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to perception

Derived forms of perceptual

  • perceptually, adverb

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